Patents by Inventor Serge Benard

Serge Benard has filed for patents to protect the following inventions. This listing includes patent applications that are pending as well as patents that have already been granted by the United States Patent and Trademark Office (USPTO).

  • Cutter device for cutting mailpieces open
    Patent number: 8733219
    Abstract: A cutter device for cutting envelopes open, which cutter device includes a rotary cutter suitable for cutting open an envelope, and a rotary bearing element against which said envelope is in contact as it goes past the rotary cutter, an axis of rotation of the bearing element forming a predetermined angle of inclination with a drive axis of the rotary cutter.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Date of Patent: May 27, 2014
    Assignee: Neopost Technologies
    Inventors: Serge Benard, Dominique Bernard
  • CUTTER DEVICE FOR CUTTING MAILPIECES OPEN
    Publication number: 20120152078
    Abstract: A cutter device for cutting envelopes open, which cutter device includes a rotary cutter suitable for cutting open an envelope, and a rotary bearing element against which said envelope is in contact as it goes past the rotary cutter, an axis of rotation of the bearing element forming a predetermined angle of inclination with a drive axis of the rotary cutter.
    Type: Application
    Filed: December 15, 2011
    Publication date: June 21, 2012
    Applicant: NEOPOST TECHNOLOGIES
    Inventors: Serge BENARD, Dominique BERNARD
  • System for the optimalized closure of envelope flaps
    Patent number: 6701693
    Abstract: This invention relates to a supply module in a mail processing machine including a conveyor for conveying the mailpieces and a moistening device ensuring wetting of a flap of an envelope after the latter has been slightly moved apart from the body of the envelope, as well as a device for creating on said flap of the envelope a second line of fold above the natural crease line of the envelope existing at the level of the join of the body of the envelope with the flap.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Date of Patent: March 9, 2004
    Assignee: Neopost Industrie
    Inventors: Serge Benard, Olivier Galtier, Stéphane Le Gallo
  • System for the optimalized closure of envelope flaps
    Publication number: 20010010143
    Abstract: This invention relates to a supply module in a mail processing machine comprising one the one hand means for conveying the mailpieces and a moistening device ensuring wetting of a flap of an envelope after the latter has been slightly moved apart from the body of the envelope, and on the other hand, means for creating on said flap of the envelope a second line of fold above the natural crease line of the envelope existing at the level of the join of the body of the envelope with the flap.
    Type: Application
    Filed: January 23, 2001
    Publication date: August 2, 2001
    Inventors: Serge Benard, Olivier Galtier, Stephane Le Gallo
  • Device for setting printwheels in a postage meter
    Patent number: 5402717
    Abstract: A device for setting the position of printwheels (5) included in a removable head (2) of a postage meter. A pivotable control module (17) is provided in the base (1), and is mounted on resilient supports (29). It carries motors (M1, M2, M3, M4) mounted in a circular arc around a cylindrical block (16) of driving gear wheels (R3). When the module (17) is pivoted forwards, it meshes with drive systems (20) having gear wheels (19, 21, 22, 23) that enable the printwheels (5) to be rotated.
    Type: Grant
    Filed: December 22, 1993
    Date of Patent: April 4, 1995
    Assignee: Neopost Industrie
    Inventors: Serge Benard, Michel Gravillon